Roadtoad
Bufo Caminus Inedibilis
Sorry, but all that I heard about "Joe the Plumber" is nothing more than a distraction from the real issues which surround this campaign.
I realize this particular election is one of the bloodier ones, but it's also one of the most blood-less campaigns I have seen in years. This one has as much passion as someone reciting the Periodic Table, (and, no, I'm not referring to Tom Lehrer.) It's all come down to who's going to milk the treasury for the next four to eight years.
Frankly, the lack of solid reporting on the part of the media, the bias from both Fox and CNN, not to mention the major broadcast networks, as well as the print media, has been disgraceful. I defy you to clearly state which candidate has the better economic plan, based on an objective analysis. Having read them both, the one thing I can see is that either way, we're going to wind up with our budget further out of whack, and the only winners will be the allies of whoever wins the White House.
Yes, I know, that's the way it's always been. Sorry, but that no longer cuts it. When we have troops in harm's way, (and yes, due to the dishonesty and incompetence of our current President), when we have homes being repossessed at an alarming rate, when it looks like more and more of our jobs are being shipped overseas, neither candidate looks like he's got much to offer. If anything, I'd just as soon write in Bill Bradley or Nancy Kassebaum, and be done with it.
"Joe the Plumber" brought up some valid points, some of which will affect me personally as I'm looking for financing to buy a truck of my own. As I've said before, my goal is a small fleet which I can lease out. At that point, had things gone as they should have, I could add one or two rigs a year, sell off one per year, and expand until I had a well established trucking company, working perhaps the western region of the US. In order to do that, I have to be able to hang onto the capital I earn (note that word "earn"), and be able to use it as I see fit.
However, neither McCain or Obama seems intent on letting me do that. Quite the opposite: McCain wants it early, before it hits my pocket, and Obama wants it the minute it hits my bank account. (Biden, for his part, is telling me that higher taxes are "patriotic," further evidence that not only is he a dishonest, lying pr***, who plagiarizes speeches when he lacks creativity of his own, but considering he can't figure out that the Vice President of the US is President of the Senate, even after his years in service there, demonstrates why he shouldn't even be in political office in the first place.) Either way, the goal seems to be keeping someone like me out of the marketplace.
It's dishonest of the media to focus on "Joe the Plumber." It's a game. The further "debunking" of this man by the likes of Katie Couric demonstrates why it's foolish to listen to the mainstream media, and even worse to listen to the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Al Franken. None of them work in the real world, and if I had half a chance, I'd like nothing more than to knock the teeth out of Bill Kristol's mouth, and Chris Matthews', too, while I'm at it.
I'm sitting here at home, looking for some way to afford to buy that first rig, even as I'm at war with my own body, trying to get my blood sugar down to a legal level. Neither McCain's health care proposals, or Obama's, show any real promise, and further demonstrate that neither one has ever had to deal with the realities the rest of us who have no health insurance face. (Just as a side note: I don't understand how a trucking company can operate without health insurance for its drivers, particularly when you consider that a driver who's not healthy loses his medical card, and, with that, his license.) Frankly, the arrogance of these two men and their running mates is reason enough to vote against the both of them. Neither one has ever tried to start an actual business, had to make a payroll, or even attempted to budget for expansion and maintenance. (An interesting thing I learned about trucking: You have to constantly be expanding and upgrading your equipment just to break even. Sounds like most businesses I've been looking at.)
Add to this Obama's plans for "spreading the wealth," (I'd like to have a piece of the pie, Barack. That's why I'm starting a business, so I can EARN it, D***weed!), and McCain's ignorance of the struggles of the middle and lower classes, (Yo, John: Did it occur to you that a TAX CREDIT for health insurance is a STUPID idea when you don't have money for health care in the first place, and taxing health coverage is monumentally IDIOTIC?), and I have yet to see why either one is a candidate for office.
And, sorry, but rather than feeling encouraged by Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama, I'm disappointed. It has diminished Secretary Powell's stature in my book.
I realize this particular election is one of the bloodier ones, but it's also one of the most blood-less campaigns I have seen in years. This one has as much passion as someone reciting the Periodic Table, (and, no, I'm not referring to Tom Lehrer.) It's all come down to who's going to milk the treasury for the next four to eight years.
Frankly, the lack of solid reporting on the part of the media, the bias from both Fox and CNN, not to mention the major broadcast networks, as well as the print media, has been disgraceful. I defy you to clearly state which candidate has the better economic plan, based on an objective analysis. Having read them both, the one thing I can see is that either way, we're going to wind up with our budget further out of whack, and the only winners will be the allies of whoever wins the White House.
Yes, I know, that's the way it's always been. Sorry, but that no longer cuts it. When we have troops in harm's way, (and yes, due to the dishonesty and incompetence of our current President), when we have homes being repossessed at an alarming rate, when it looks like more and more of our jobs are being shipped overseas, neither candidate looks like he's got much to offer. If anything, I'd just as soon write in Bill Bradley or Nancy Kassebaum, and be done with it.
"Joe the Plumber" brought up some valid points, some of which will affect me personally as I'm looking for financing to buy a truck of my own. As I've said before, my goal is a small fleet which I can lease out. At that point, had things gone as they should have, I could add one or two rigs a year, sell off one per year, and expand until I had a well established trucking company, working perhaps the western region of the US. In order to do that, I have to be able to hang onto the capital I earn (note that word "earn"), and be able to use it as I see fit.
However, neither McCain or Obama seems intent on letting me do that. Quite the opposite: McCain wants it early, before it hits my pocket, and Obama wants it the minute it hits my bank account. (Biden, for his part, is telling me that higher taxes are "patriotic," further evidence that not only is he a dishonest, lying pr***, who plagiarizes speeches when he lacks creativity of his own, but considering he can't figure out that the Vice President of the US is President of the Senate, even after his years in service there, demonstrates why he shouldn't even be in political office in the first place.) Either way, the goal seems to be keeping someone like me out of the marketplace.
It's dishonest of the media to focus on "Joe the Plumber." It's a game. The further "debunking" of this man by the likes of Katie Couric demonstrates why it's foolish to listen to the mainstream media, and even worse to listen to the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Al Franken. None of them work in the real world, and if I had half a chance, I'd like nothing more than to knock the teeth out of Bill Kristol's mouth, and Chris Matthews', too, while I'm at it.
I'm sitting here at home, looking for some way to afford to buy that first rig, even as I'm at war with my own body, trying to get my blood sugar down to a legal level. Neither McCain's health care proposals, or Obama's, show any real promise, and further demonstrate that neither one has ever had to deal with the realities the rest of us who have no health insurance face. (Just as a side note: I don't understand how a trucking company can operate without health insurance for its drivers, particularly when you consider that a driver who's not healthy loses his medical card, and, with that, his license.) Frankly, the arrogance of these two men and their running mates is reason enough to vote against the both of them. Neither one has ever tried to start an actual business, had to make a payroll, or even attempted to budget for expansion and maintenance. (An interesting thing I learned about trucking: You have to constantly be expanding and upgrading your equipment just to break even. Sounds like most businesses I've been looking at.)
Add to this Obama's plans for "spreading the wealth," (I'd like to have a piece of the pie, Barack. That's why I'm starting a business, so I can EARN it, D***weed!), and McCain's ignorance of the struggles of the middle and lower classes, (Yo, John: Did it occur to you that a TAX CREDIT for health insurance is a STUPID idea when you don't have money for health care in the first place, and taxing health coverage is monumentally IDIOTIC?), and I have yet to see why either one is a candidate for office.
And, sorry, but rather than feeling encouraged by Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama, I'm disappointed. It has diminished Secretary Powell's stature in my book.
) But now RT wants to expand, but can't afford to buy a new truck AND pay the income tax. Do I have this right?